The primary full week of the NHL season is within the books. After 48 video games, tendencies are rising — and so are mirages. (All statistics are by means of Monday.)
Colorado’s Martin Necas, Nathan MacKinnon are unstoppable
VERDICT: Actual sufficient | The highest line of MacKinnon centering Necas and Artturi Lehkonen has outscored opponents 5-0 en path to a 3-0-1 begin for the Avalanche. MacKinnon and Necas every have eight factors, tied for the league lead. NHL analytics website MoneyPuck signifies 122 strains have been constructed to play a minimum of 10 minutes to this point — Colorado’s prime line is first in goals scored.
Final season, in 290 minutes, their 16 objectives scored as a duo got here out to 3.3 goals per 60 minutes. As of Monday, they’re scoring at an absurd charge of 5.9 objectives per 60 minutes. Protecting this up can be historic by trendy NHL scoring requirements, in order that may be the mirage. Though they might not make historical past, the dominance to this point is actual.
